Support Groups (13)

1. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Provided by a non-profit legal advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, and dedicated to civil rights and human dignity for people with mental disability. Site has news alerts and analysis of federal laws, regulations, legislative proposals and court decisions, as well as links to disability and advocacy resources. The Bazelon Center provides technical support for and co-counsel on selected protection and advocacy cases; collaborates with local, regional and national advocacy and consumer groups; and publishes handbooks, manuals, issue papers and reports on key legal and policy issues in everyday language, available from the site. They do not handle individual requests for information and assistance, but they do provide links to relevant state and local groups.

2. Emotional Support on the Internet
Listing of online support groups.

3. Father Leo Booth - Creating Healthy Spirituality, Spiritual Concepts
Father Leo Booths passion is to help people discover that God and spirituality are found within ourselves and our world. Offering advice in all forms of addiction and spirtual matters, everyone can benefit from what Father Leo has to say. Whether youre recovering from alcohol, drug, religious, emotion or physical abuse, self-esteem and enlightenment can pave the recovery road to empowerment.

4. Fostered Adopted Children Together (F.A.C.T.)
F.A.C.T. is a new support group for former fostered and abandoned children. This includes anyone who lived in foster care, kinship care, residential care, or a single-parent home.

5. If You Had Controlling Parents
Web site dedicated to education about and prevention of unhealthy parental control, along with resources and support for adults raised in controlling families.

6. Mental Health Net
Provided as a free service to professionals and laypeople by CMHC Systems, a behavioral healthcare management information systems software company based in Dublin, Ohio. Directed by Dr. John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Comprehensive online mental health service claiming 9,000 refereed resources, with 14,000 members for its forums, chat rooms and newsletter services. Has three major sections: Disorders and Treatments, with online books, community connections and professional services (e.g., Clinicians' Yellow Pages); Professional Resources, with numerous mental health links, all abstracted and rated; and Reading Room, linking to publications. Site accepts advertising and sponsorships. Search engine covers both this site and other mental health- oriented web sites.

7. National Federation of the Blind
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the nation's largest and most influential membership organization of blind persons. With fifty thousand members, the NFB has affiliates in all fifty states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over seven hundred local chapters. As a consumer and advocacy organization, the NFB is considered the leading force in the blindness field today."

8. OneStepAtATime.com - Take Control of Fear, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Obsessive Worry & Low Self Esteem
Provides on-line support groups, therapy groups, classes, forums, seminars and private coaching for those experiencing panic attacks, phobias, obsessive worry, intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors and low self esteem.

9. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays - Washington, DC
PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Keeping families together is the mission of PFLAG. Our family values stress education, understanding, acceptance, and support, but most of all love, thereby empowering our children — straight and gay — to lead happy and productive lives.

10. Psychology and mental health at Psych Central
Provided by Dr. John M. Grohol, Psy.D., as a "one-stop index for psychology, support, and mental health issues, resources, and people on the Internet." Begun in 1992 as a list of relevant newsgroups, mailing lists and Web pointers, and now maintained by the staff of Mental Health Net (see above entry). Includes the following: index of listservs for support groups and professionals; index of psychology and support group newsgroups; Web pointers to general, professional and other psychological resource sites, each with brief description; Suicide Helpline, with information about various online and other suicide prevention services; monthly articles, free live chats, book reviews and FAQs. Also includes "Best of the Web in Mental Health," which rates several dozen relevant sites on depth of content, ease of use, presentation of information and overall experience.

11. The Forgiveness Web - The Internet s Most Comprehensive Forgiveness Resource
Forgiveness is something everyone has to deal with at one point or another. The Forgiveness Web provides a wealth of information to help understand the complexity of forgiving.

12. The National Mental Health Association - Leading the Way for America s Mental Health
The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness - working to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.

13. Welcome to SupportPath.com
Leading you to 1000s of Internet resources, SupportPath.com is the premier website listing online communities, message boards and chats, support-related organizations and information on over 300 health, personal, and relationship topics.

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